Bit Coal in a Fireplace...
- freetown fred
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How so failed I? That's quite a fire ya got goin. PS--thanx for pix.
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I, how tight is your house. Ya should be gettin enough air just frpom the house unless it's VERY air-tight.
The up close pic was the anthracite fire. The far away one was of the burning logs. I can’t get the anthracite to stay like that. It burned hot like that for maybe 20 min. And that’s with me adding probably 3 or 4 pieces of wood on top to keep it going. And the house is very much NOT tight at all. Built in the 20s. Very drafty.
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It’s in Elkhart Illinois or that’s where the belt terminates. The mine is actually in Williamsville but you pick up the coal in Elkhart.
I’m not sure it would work very well in your circumstances though. Their coal is quite small. You need big lumps to burn like that.
I’m not sure it would work very well in your circumstances though. Their coal is quite small. You need big lumps to burn like that.
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Looks like you've got a pretty good anthracite fire in that grate. A coal grate would probably work better as coal likes a deep bed to burn and that grate ain't it...but you did pretty well with what you had.
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Don’t see possible to control primary air for a anthracite fire to not just go around all sides of any fireplace grate…so when wood burns out the hard coal will go out every time.
Soft coal burning just like wood is a different story however.
Soft coal burning just like wood is a different story however.
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Yeah, BUT they are both talking about BITUMINOUS coal in a open fireplace grate not the Anthracite like *lrobb97* is failing with.
No comparison between burning the two coal types .
Not sure what you are trying to correct about my post. Berlin and vanguy, who I assume use bituminous since this is a thread about bit, they replied to lrobb97, who said he is using anthracite. I addressed lrobb97 specifically about his anthracite.
I was not comparing bituminous and anthracite. I was pointing out that open grates I have seen for use with anthracite are more of a basket shape.
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Alright, thanks. You know your anthracite open fireplace grates/baskets better than I.
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Nice read for historical value. I did read it all and must say thanks!
But there have some improvements since this first discovery and no one today trying their hand at wood, soft and hard coal should need to revert back to the very beginning.
Again, thanks, it was a nice read none the less.
Samuel Smyth along with some other fellows made a good business enterprise out of manufacturing and selling a improved version called the Duplex Grate. This was patented in 1879 and his company was the U.S. Duplex Grate Company. His design was a giant leap forward as it better addressed the clogging ash difficulties of earlier simple versions.
But there have some improvements since this first discovery and no one today trying their hand at wood, soft and hard coal should need to revert back to the very beginning.
Again, thanks, it was a nice read none the less.
Samuel Smyth along with some other fellows made a good business enterprise out of manufacturing and selling a improved version called the Duplex Grate. This was patented in 1879 and his company was the U.S. Duplex Grate Company. His design was a giant leap forward as it better addressed the clogging ash difficulties of earlier simple versions.